Byzantine Museum of Arsinoe

Situated at the Holy Bishopric in the picturesque village of Peristerona, the Byzantine Museum of Arsinoe has one of the largest collections of icons dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries. It also exhibits wood carved artefacts associated with the ceremonial needs of the church; local and imported silver and metal artefacts; textiles (such as 18th and 19th century priests’ vestments and Episcopal robes), and rare books and manuscripts.